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  A swingin' bash
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Decked from hair-ribbons to toes in Gamecock regalia, 5-year-old Tyler Sanders bounced on her father's shoulders with her pompon flailing for a single purpose -- to cheer a team on to victory.

  Road workers consider safety a problem
Web-posted 9/10/99
  At 3:16 p.m., on cue, the cars melt away as if by magic. The street in front of Augusta Christian Schools is clear again, traffic is flowing smoothly, motorists go about their day. Baston Road hardly looks like a street with a congestion problem.

  Martin's resignation ends controversy
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  The controversy boiling over the rehiring of an Augusta commissioner's son who was convicted of stealing city property ended Friday when the man resigned.

  Legality of after-school funding is in question
Web-posted 9/10/99
  ATLANTA -- The state Board of Education is asking Attorney General Thurbert Baker to determine if it's legal for church-based after-school programs to get grant money.

  Official: Crider mulls move to South Carolina
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Crider Inc.'s chicken-processing plant, once the largest employer in Lincoln County, could reopen in South Carolina, according to one county official.

  Eager fans await ticket sales
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Rob Bunch spent Thursday glued to his radio and telephone. On Friday, he decided to do it the hard way.

  Crafting festival pleasing
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  AIKEN -- Thousands of people rustled through downtown Aiken on Friday, eyeing and buying crafts from around the area at the 23rd annual Aiken's Makin' Arts and Crafts Show.

  Ride '99 sitedraws couple from Camden
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Honey-dos and got-to-dos don't give Billy Prather much time for what he wants to do. But this weekend is the exception.

  Some disagree with schools' punishments
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Parents said Friday they have no problem with children being dressed neatly, but some disagree with the way the Richmond County school board wants to punish students who disobey the dress code.

  Social club to debut safe haven
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  The 1960s offered no safe haven for six black A.R. Johnson High School students.

  Board OKs identification badges
Web-posted 9/10/99
  In a matter of weeks, Columbia County middle and high school students should have something to add to their school wardrobe -- photo identification badges.

  Family fun
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Katrina Dunne, a marketing assistant at Medical College of Georgia, creates prize bags for today's ninth annual Children's Medical Center Carnival, held in conjunction with Happy Hearts Family Fun Day.

  Ride '99 site draws couple from Camden
Web-posted 9/10/99
  AIKEN - Honey-dos and got-to-dos don't give Billy Prather much time for what he wants to do.

  Beating the brush
photo: metro
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Firefighters hose down hot spots from a brush fire Friday on Interstate 20 at mile marker No. 8.

  Democrats helped by HOPE's success
Web-posted 9/10/99
  ATLANTA - Zell Miller successfully bet the governor's race in 1990 on his lottery and HOPE college scholarships, but the political payoff for Georgia Democrats apparently didn't end there.

  University looks for computer executive
Web-posted 9/10/99
  ATHENS, Ga. -- The University of Georgia is looking for one good geek. Like many schools across the country, the flagship university wants a top computer executive to manage its mushrooming information resources.

  Island to open after pesticide cleanup done
Web-posted 9/10/99
  SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Efforts to clean up a deadly pesticide are on schedule for a deserted island near Savannah to reopen next month in time for students to resume field trips where they study the environment.

  Across the area: Harlem ex-student faces knife charge
Web-posted 9/10/99
  Residents receive tax bills ...E. coli sickens three children ... Alcohol cited in fatal car crash ... Bus defacing under investigation

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